Show I LABOR LEADERS DENOUNCE COMPULSORY ARBITRATION New York Jan 29 Compulsory 9 ar nr- ar- ar was denounced today by y Gompers president ent of vio uie American Federation of or In a speech before the annual ll meeting of oj the National Civic Federation n. n Mr Ir Gompers declared that tho the workers worker never would su submit to arbitration such as that t proposed by bills by-bills no now noi nobe he he- tore fore tho the New York state legislature I 1 a agree ree with you as ns to the desirability desir ablIt ability of preventing pre he said ald but dont don't imagine you are going t to escape them by 11 attempting to make perfectly natural activities unlawful The attempt to set got away from strikes by tho the methods proposed is simply O the attempt to compress steam or 01 power in a too limited space You may do that for a n while but you ou will have an nn explosion from rom which no power on onearth onearth onearth earth Is potent to protect William G. G Lee pre of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen al also o d denounced d compulsory arbitration Oscar S. S Strau Straus Straus- chairman of If the tho board which arbitrated the railroad engineers engineers' demands said that employees employees employees em em- em- em of oC public service corporations including railroads railroad are arc entitled to a national wage commission slon for their protection In wage matters with powers power powers pow pow- er ers If it necessary sar to raise railroad rates to Insure Increased Increase pay for employees The flue conference vote voted to telegraph United States Senator norah Borah urging confirmation of or the reappointment ot or Charles P P. Nell I as United Stat States 8 commissioner commissioner com corn missioner of labor It was wag voted also to begin an tn Investigation In Into he Jie hegal le legal le- le gal minimum wage question The conference elected Seth Beth Ix Low w president and Samuel Gomp is lonn Hays 8 Hammond and Benjamin Wheel er lee i-lee loe pr presidents of 01 the executive council and President Taft Franklin Macveagh JacV h Elihu toot Root and Andrew Carnegie anlOn among members Inn in inthe the pu public lc on the tho executive Corn Com omm om- om m tte T |